👍 Those descriptions of the Duck gybes were excellent and very precise, and as I'd founded my own Windsurfing school 40 × years ago it was fabulous to watch but I wish it was me performing the demonstrations and every other aspect of the sport again also.
Something I have noticed is that a lot of the initial pivot of the sail happens on your backhand position which is not right at the end of the boom. I think this makes the pivot closer to your body rather than pushing the sail way out over the mast base where you would have to reach a long way. Normally when I bring my front hand back, the sail is still going forward which seems unnecessary. Good video.
Thanks Kyle. Yeah that’s exactly right about the backhand. For me it took a bit of trial and error on where to have the back hand. I found if I had it too far forward I couldn’t control the power in the sail when I unhooked and when it was super far back the mast would often hit the water when I let the front hand go, after a lot of superman crashes out the front door I worked out that somewhere in between was best 😂
Tip 4 is the most important. I did my first one last year - probably after 20 attempts, and 20 crashes. And I did it on what i consider my weak tack for gybing (starboard). Shortening the length of the run is key. Crashing is inevitable. My problem was the sail hitting the water on the duck.
I had that issue too and as much fun as it was doing a superman out the front door I fixed it by not having my back hand so far down the boom before I let the front hand go
Did my first one yesterday on the sea. But still with a lot of fails cuz I don't get the right timing to duck the sail... So I finish overpowered on the sail. Think I'm waiting a bit too long. But I'm absolutely STOKED lol. I could even record it with my gopro 💥🙌🚀
Hello great as always your video, for several weeks now Im trying duck jibe (After Helitack, Quicktack now the 3th move thanks to you 🙏) , Its working in lighter winds, but in stronger winds I miss a point: After ducking the sail and pulling it back the wind pulls the sail leewards and I have to let it out of my hands in order not to fall leewards too. perhaps the sail is still leaning to much forwards ? your advise?thanks for considering!
Thanks :) It sounds like the problem you’ve having is that you have too much power in your sail as you’re ducking it. Try to make sure you’re going as fast as you can before you flip the sail, this reduces the power in the sail and makes it feel lighter so it’s easier to handle. I personally found that ducking the sail slightly earlier also helped with this problem. Hope that helps :) (If you have any footage I’d be happy to take a look)
Thanks for your proposition but difficult for me to get footage. Observing what happens I see the mast not going toward the centre of the carving circle but stays still on the new lee side. as the sail is flipping like a book page , only the end of the wishbone changing sides. Hope Im clear🤔
I would love to learn the Duck gybe but at my homespot I need either big sails (8m2+) with a low foot profile and booms over 2.3m or it becomes very gusty. On open water, where I can use smaller sails, I'm struggling with chop in the gybes. So it seems I cant find the right conditions for Duck gybing... Any tips on that? In your video it looks really flat while you can sail a 4,5 m2 sail. I've never found such conditions ever... where is this paradise?
You can only practice in the conditions that are available to you and I appreciate most people can’t easily practice consistently in perfectly flat water (btw this is Dahab, Egypt). I’d say out of the 2 options it will be easier to learn when you can use your smaller sails (duck gybing on big sails is certainly a challenge even for advanced duck gybers). I would also recommend practicing on a simulator on land. You can learn a lot on land. I spent lots of time practicing my hand movements and footwork on a simulator to the point where it just became muscle memory and gave me less to think about when I practiced on the water.
nice tutorial, but at 1:12 you,re sail is very close to the water. this can cause a bad whipe out. when you look at robby naish he keeps his sail straight and ducks his body under the sail wich is safer in my opinion. not that theres anything wrong whit this. just like to mension theres a safer tecnique. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AKtINzHvqN4.htmlsi=95Bm1YXMpavTT94B
Yeah I've actually had a lot of those crashes where you fly out the front door. Interesting to see how Robby Naish does it, I will do my best to emulate the King, thanks for the feedback.